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Thu, Mar 14, 2019·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Florida Panthers 4, San Jose Sharks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA1721515427
SJS2808012228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 7:22SJSMelker KarlssonAssists: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Tim Heed · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:45FLAJamie McGinnAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Jayce Hawryluk · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:36SJSKevin LabancAssists: Justin Braun, Brenden Dillon · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:25FLADryden HuntAssists: Troy Brouwer, Riley Sheahan · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:49FLAMike HoffmanPPGWGAssists: Keith Yandle, Aleksander Barkov · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:17FLAFrank VatranoAssists: Mike Hoffman, Vincent Trocheck · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:18SJSLogan Couture: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:35SJSJustin Braun: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:48FLAVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 10:54SJSLogan Couture: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 18:26SJSKevin Labanc: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:41FLAJayce Hawryluk: Interference2 min
  7. P3 18:53FLAVincent Trocheck: Tripping2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← FLA attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLASJS
27Shots on goal28
2.4Expected goals2.6
51Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
12Hits13
18Blocked shots12
9Giveaways12
9Takeaways16

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Hoffman – Trocheck – Vatrano9:54

    xG 0.64–0.71 (47%)attempts 6–19goals 1–0

  2. Brouwer – Sheahan – Hunt9:19

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 3–9goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Huberdeau – Barkov11:00

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. McGinn – Hawryluk – Borgstrom6:59

    xG 0.28–0.43 (40%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Weegar14:41

    xG 0.56–0.67 (46%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  2. Matheson – Ekblad17:40

    xG 0.49–0.63 (44%)attempts 13–19goals 2–0

  3. Pysyk – Brown10:08

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Donskoi – Hertl7:22

    xG 0.64–0.15 (81%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Haley – Goodrow – Karlsson4:30

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Hertl – Karlsson – Meier2:38

    xG 0.40–0.10 (80%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Pavelski – Couture – Nyquist4:28

    xG 0.12–0.04 (76%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurns – Ryan12:37

    xG 0.36–0.07 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Burns – Heed2:33

    xG 0.03–0.03 (51%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Braun – Dillon12:38

    xG 0.56–0.58 (49%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

SJS 2.6 xGFLA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

SJS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line SJS is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #677 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 52% of the time.

SJS winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (SJS − FLA), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).